lbcd/mining/mining.go

// Copyright (c) 2014-2016 The btcsuite developers
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package mining

import (
	"time"

	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash"
	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
)

// TxDesc is a descriptor about a transaction in a transaction source along with
// additional metadata.
type TxDesc struct {
	// Tx is the transaction associated with the entry.
	Tx *btcutil.Tx

	// Added is the time when the entry was added to the source pool.
	Added time.Time

	// Height is the block height when the entry was added to the the source
	// pool.
	Height int32

	// Fee is the total fee the transaction associated with the entry pays.
	Fee int64
}

// TxSource represents a source of transactions to consider for inclusion in
// new blocks.
//
// The interface contract requires that all of these methods are safe for
// concurrent access with respect to the source.
type TxSource interface {
	// LastUpdated returns the last time a transaction was added to or
	// removed from the source pool.
	LastUpdated() time.Time

	// MiningDescs returns a slice of mining descriptors for all the
	// transactions in the source pool.
	MiningDescs() []*TxDesc

	// HaveTransaction returns whether or not the passed transaction hash
	// exists in the source pool.
	HaveTransaction(hash *chainhash.Hash) bool
}